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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

"'The charge of crookedness was made two
years ago, in Fargo dispatch to the Pho
neer Press, and fully exploded at the time.
l was charged with conspiracy with M. 81 i.
Day to effect a land grab. The facts are
that Dakotans had beer urging the secre-
tary OF the interior for three years to open
the reservation. He hesitated, first, be-
cause it was claimed by some that the res
ervation was.held by the treaty of 1858 and
could not be opened by exclusive order;
and second, because the Sioux bill then
pending, if passed, would settle the matter
without an order. was in Washington
two weeks before the issus of the order
and knew that the order was then drawn
at Delegate Raymond's request, to be is
sued in case the Sioux bill failed to pass.
The secretary having decided that the RES
ervation could be opened by order, no Sc
crecy was observed, and day or two later
the Sioux City Journal published an inter
view with me, stating that the order was
likely to lssue never spoke to Mr.. Day
about it. or to any railroad man. Mr.. Ray
mond telegraphed the Chamberlain Regis
ter as soon as the order was issued. A few
days after the issue Of Cleveland's order,
Attorney General Rice reported that 1000
families were on the reservation. | believe
the railroad company scripped 100 acres,
previously purchased from the Indians.
There was no grab and nothing strange or
irregular in the action of the department."
OFFICIAL.
WASHINGTON, April 26.--Commissioner
Atkins Of the Indian Office to-day received
a telegram from Indian Agent Anderson,
at the Crow Creek reservation in Dakota
saying that the people ordered from the
reservation were leaving quietly. No
trouble is anticipated. The troops will,
however, remain for some time.
INDIAN DEPREDATIONs.
ST. PAUL, April 26.-Pierre, Dak., special
to the Pioneer Press: The United States
marshal Is In pursuit of ten Indians who
have been committing depredations at Big
Bend. 1t is reported from Fort Sully that
the war department instructs Col. Dodge
to destroy as little property as possible in
removing the settlers.
THE RIOT ACT READ.
ST. PAUL, April 27.--Pierre special to the
Pioneer Press: Seven of the Indians COM
mitting depredations on the Winnebago
reservation have been arrested and lodged
in the Hughes county jail. CAPTAIN Myers
to-day read the riot act to the settlers, and
warned them that il those evicted came
back they would be liable to fine and i'm
prisOnment
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
GUESSING ON GROVER.
" Is He a Candidate For RenOmina-
ti0n ?" is the All Absorb
ing Question.
Washington Politicians Think There
is a Desire to Feel the Pub
lie Pulse.

NEW YORK, April 26.-HOn. w. S. DORIS
heimer makes the following statement: ''In
view of the reports which have been sent
out by the Washington correspondents of
some western newspapers, 1 think it
proper to make the following statement:
In January last the president said to me
that he had been contemplating making a
public declaration which would take him
out of the field as a candidate in 1888. He
said that he was led to this conclusion not
only by personal considerations, but be-
cause he thought such course would re-
lieve him from imputations which were
daily cast upon him and which interfered
with his usefulness in Office. After
listening to the presidents OBJ
servations and supposing that he wished
an expression of my opinion told him that
I thought such a declaration would be very
unwise, and that l thought it would in
crease his perplexities rather than dimin-
jsh them. l also said that it was not for
him to say whether or not he would be a
candidate for reelection. That was mat
ter to be decided by the democracy, who
had honored him greatly, and who had a
right to his services if they desired them.
l also urged that no tradition would be
broken by his candidacy for second
term, and that it might be most important
to his party and the country that he should
be reelected After long conversation
upon the subject, the effect of which was
as have stated, the matter was dropped,
and has not since been alluded to except in
casual manner. 1 have never had in my
possession a letter from the president with
reference to a second term, nor have l seen
such letter or the draft of one. / have
not been in Washington since the 4th of
this month. Whether or not the president
has arrived at the determination suggested
in his conversation with me last January
do not know, but knowing well his charac-
ter, 1 AM confident that If he thinks it his
duty to decline a denomination he will
make his intention public in way which
will render a misunderstanding of it i'm
possible
THEY THINK ITS A 'FEELER."
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Dorsheimer's
statement this morning in reference to
President Clevelansd's second term is re-
garded by many as prima facie evidence of
an effort on the part of friends of the ad-
ministration to get an expression as to
Cleveland's strength before the country.
Most people here believe, however, that
the publication of the substance of Cleve-
lands observation to DOrsheimer and "a
we'll known western senator" was accl-
dental so far as the informants were con-
cerned, and that the matter will end where
it is. The continued silence of the presi-
dent is regarded by everyone as evidence
that he has not entirely abandoned the
thought OF second term.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
population in the same thought and emo

UlOn.
But cause more potent than any yet
character and tendency of our political
system. l refer to the acquisition by the
federal government of the vast territory
embraced in the Louisiana purchase and
that ceded by Spain and Mexico to the
United States. These territories, far ex-
ceeding in area that Of the original thirteen
states, belonged exclusively to the federal
government. No separate state govern
ment had the slightest jurisdiction upon
one foot of the soil of that vast domain.
The public lands were surveyed by officers
OF the federal government, and titles to
them were conveyed by the federal gov
ernment in its character of private propri-
population who settled these territories had
no political rights save those impaired to
them by the federal government. Their
very limited powers of self-government
were enjoyed under territorial constitu-
tions framed and prescribed for them by
the federal congress, and when they be-
came states it was by the permission of
conditions and terms as it deemed proper
under the constitution, so that when
the forces which had been so
long agitating the country eliminated
in war. the relation of the States to the
federal government had become almost the
ItVcrSe vi WNdL IL was dC Cne D1rGl OF the
republic. In 1889 the states were the ere
ators of the federal government; in 1851 the
federal government was the creator of a
large majority of the states. In 1889 the
federal government had derived all the
powers delegated to it by the constitution
from the states: in 1861 majority of the
States derived all their powers and attri.
butes as states from congress under the
constitution.
In 1889 the people of the United States
were citizens of states originally sovereign
and independent; in 1851 vast majority OF
the people of the United States were citi.
zens of states that were originally mere
dependencies of the federal government
which was the author and giver of theil
political being. With all these forces on
the side OF the union, backed by majority
of state governments with their reserved
powers, it was natural consequence that
the unity and integrity of the United
States as a sovereign nation should be es
tablished on the battle field; that it's gov.
ernment should come out of the conflict
with prestige and power greater thar
any on earth; and that the eleven minority
states, after resistance as heroic as any
recorded in the annals of Greece anc
Rome, should succumb to overwhelming
fOrnaC
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
II NEW CANDIDATE.

Chauncey M. Depew Blalne,s Choice for
President, in Case of His Withdrawal
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Colonel Dud-
ley, ex-commissioner of pensions, who is
usually well posted Oh matters political,
said to-day that while in New York yes
terday he heard on excellent authority
that Mr.. Blaine's second choice is Chaun-
cey M. Depew, and that in the event of the
withdrawal of Names statesman from the
race for candidate next year he will trans
fer his strength, so far as possible, to the
president of the New York Central. New
York republicans now here say that Depew
would run admirably in New York.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
INDICTED FOR FRAUD.

Several st. Louis Politicians "in IL Box"
for Election Frauds.
ST. LOUIS, April 26.-An evening paper
announces that the United States grand
jury will tomorrow present an Indictment
against the following well known local
politicians for completely in the frauds
pertetrated in the elections last fall: State
Senator Fountain, H. Ketchum, Joseph J.
Judge, ex-chairman of the democratic cen
tral committee; Deputy Recorder Chamber
lain, central committeeman: James Car
roll. Peter R. Morrlssey, Andrew F. Blong
and James Conway.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
Tenement House Burned.

ST. CLOUD. April 28.-J. E. Vests tene-
ment house, located near the Manitoba
road, was totally destroyed by fire this
morning. The loss is in the neighborhood
of $1,000; insurance $3.50. Fourteen fam
lies occupied the building at the time of
the fire.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
They're Afraid of 1t, You Know

LONDON, April q. - Customs officers
throughout Great Britain and Ireland have
received stringent orders to search all YES
sells arriving from America, China and
the east. the government having been
warned that explosives have been sent
from San Francisco to ports in the east to
be transhipped to England.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
The Seal Fisheries.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The department
of state is carefully considering the ques-
ton of the jurisdiction of the United
States over the Alaska fur seal fisheries.
The statements made in the Canadian par
lament yesterday to the effect that com
munications on the snbject had been sent
by that government 70 Secretary Bayard is
denied at the state department.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-04-29
Blaine,

ALBANY. N. Y, April 27.--James &.
Blaine arrived in this city at $50 p. m. to-
day, and was met at the depot by Hon.
Chauncey NJ. Depew and other prominent
citizens. The party left for Boston at
415 p. IN.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
Taking Dispatches by Typewriter.

"The system os taking dispatches by the
typewriting machine" said an old teleg-
rapher yesterday, 'is proving a great Sue
cess. By the new process the capacity of a
wire is increased % per cent, thus enabling
the company to perform greater feats Of tele-
graphing than ever before. 1t takes some
time for the operator to learn how to manip-
ulate the machine with sufficient speed TO
keep pace with good sender, but when he
once masters the thing he can perform 20
per cent. more work than he can with pen or
stylu, and perform it, too, with far less
exertion and mental strain So expert have
some of the operators become that great
deal of press matter is sent in abbreviated
form for 10 other reason than that the
sender cannot 'whoop' the stuff through fast
enough by the old process to keep tho re-
ceiver at his knitting. There isn't sender
living who can put it up the back of the
expert typewriter artist. "-Chicago Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
A CATAS1 ROPHE.

The cat stood on the i,cezing fence,
Where he for fun had fed.
At midnight prompt G.d he commence
To paint the back yard red.
There dcmon-like ant black he screamed
AS bound TO fool the sorm
OF missiles which from windows streamed
Straight at his fur oil form.
Bootiacks rolled on He would not go
without Maria's word;
Maria in the kitchen low
His yowls no longer heard.
maria, Mr.. Thomas cried,
Marian, must YOU stay"
And but the booming boots replied
That fast was thrown away.
Then came n gunshot's thunder sound;
The cat--oh, where was hey
Ask OF his fragments strewed around
IL that catastrophe.
With bootiaeks, bricks and many swear
The sleepers did their part,
But the no bleSt thing which perished there
Was that old cat so smart
IL c. Dodge in Chicago Sun
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
A MARTYR OF FASHION.

In days, not old, when nights were cold,
And Jack Frost held his sway,
A DodO bold. with wings of gold,
Sang merrily his lay-hay-hay
Sang merrily his lay
My love is wondrOus fair,
With lots If cash 10 spare,
And tho it's cold, It's swell I'm told,
No OvercOat 70 wear.
SO I'll be- bold. and tho it's cold,
No overcOat III wear.
So this brave wight, in clothing tight,
Went forward 10 the fray;
He danced all night, but ere twas light
He'd caught pneu-mo- ni-ay hay-hay,
He'd caught pneumo-ni-ay
His little chest was sore,
With mustard plasters raw,
But ere he died, he family cried
1--WE kept the sware | swore;
A swell am l, you bet your eye,
No overcoat l wore
A w. II. in Life
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
Talking Across the Continent.

give heard all the stories of long tele-
graph circuits, said a postal telegraph
operator at Buffalo, land in my time I've
worked some pretty long ones myself, hut
| never heard of anything that equaled one
that we had the other afternoon. Our peo-
pie are building line from the terminus of
the Canadian Pacific TO Frisco and
heard Vice-President Henry Rosener talk
ing with President Chandler in his Office, in
New York city. Mr.. Rosener was at New
Westminster which is on the Pacific coast
Just opposite Vancouver island, so they
we're talking across the continent. BY
that route it is about 5000 miles, for
the wire was made up via Buffalo, Toronto,
and the Canadian Pacific. Every few min
utes could hear Medicine Hat chip in, and
all along the circuit the operators were on
1t was a wonder TO everybody, and the in
struments were working as clear as bell
on that long copper wire. Chicago Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21

When happy thought comes TO bilious
man he ought to shake hands with it and
make it feel at home.-Nsw Orleans Plea
yune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
The Grammar was Bad.

A young lady was sitting with her lover
in a charmingly decorated recess. On her
knee was diminutive niece. In an adjoin
ing room, with the door open, were the rest
of the company Says the little niece, in a
Jealous and very audible voice; "auntie, Kiss
me. too" leave you TO imagine what had
happened. "You should say twice, Ethel,
dear; two is not grammar, " was the imme-
dat reioinder. Clever girl.-Critic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21

In a divorce case in New Jersey lady
witness declined 10 answer IA question adj
dressed 10 her by the defendants attorney on
eros examination
Why do you refuse % answer the ques-
Sloh' madamy' asked the lawyer, seeming a
favorable disclosure.
because my answer ought not to be heard
N any honorable person, replied the wit
hess
,. wen, then, madam" said the counsel,
Whisper IT in the ear of the judge. -
Columbia Jurist.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21

A correspondent Of London Truth sug
pests that a panorama of the shop windows,
with an intelligent lecturer to explain then
wonders, might be useful in the country
districts The inference to be drawn from
this is that the country shopper cannot read,
for a well writtea advertisement would be
quite as useful as a panorama TO any one
who could read, and would consume much
less time in telling its story-Boston Tran
script
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
Appreciated.

Mrs. Phean with black eye)-Top o. the
Christmas TO We, Mrs O'Flinn, and plat did
yer husband give We fur New Years?
Stout Mrs. O'Flnn-Divil thing at all.
Mrs. Phelan Cexultingly)-An Oi Jared
better thin yc. Moi husband gave me an
iigant batin 50 he did, Hivin bless him.
Mrs. O'Flinn with admiration)-It's a
foine broth Of 4 mon We have anyhow. Oi
wish me little mon was more loike him.
Tie judge.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
A MOVING TALE.

The novelist paused awhile 70 think,
And may be he paused awhile 10 drink;
"A moving tale, would fam indite-
Tell me. oh, tell me- Of what shall write|
Why, write Of the cat who is rushing away
From bootiacks and bottles, in deadly array.
think it will prove a success without fail,
For most surely that is a moving tail.
-GoOdall's Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
NOTHING TO SAY.

A maiden never should be seen
To smoke a cigarette.
For kisses mixed with nicotine
Are II. e., you can bet.
Merchant Traveller.
It's very nice for you 10 talk
About the proper way,
But, young man with the cigarette,
What mas the girl to say?
Washington Critic.
Wis true she fouts at cigarettes.
But $50 we've often heard).
She's busy just about that time,
And isn't sayin' a word.
Merchant Traveller
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21

Fogg-Dreadfuly close here. think I'll
open the transom.
Smoothbore-Ahl that makes me think of
a story.
Binls-What does?
Smoothborc-W Why, Fogg, opening the
transom
Binks-Fogg, shut that transom.-The
Rambler
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
salutatIon In Tennessee.

mol long since overheard two Tennessee
do, srY'
1. lorely, porely; Use got a mighty misery
." my my back. llow's you making it ~
Aef OH pse kicking, but not high:
Pres.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
Foor Fido,

Miss Dudely-Did the little pet bite you,
Mr SnobberlyY
Snobberly-Yes; l am aAaid his teeth
struck the bone.
Miss Dudely-They did? Poor little Fido,
hope il won't hurt him. Siftings.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
MUCH WORSE.

OF all sad words for MSS. unstable,
The saddest are these, Not available"
Detroit Free Press.
II must be admitted 10 be more sad,
To be frankly told, 1t is very bad"
-.ew York World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-21
MORE BILL THAN COO.

Tn, hrst few months Of happy honeymoon
They bill and coo awhile: then coo and bill,
A short time after that, but all 20 soon
The cooling disappears It's now all bill
Merchant Traveller
, 1887-05-14
Envlroned win Frees.

Lake M~innehaha has at length been
entirely surrounded with rows of young
trees which in time cannot help flourish.
ing and becoming a most attractive fea-
ture on the marlin of the little lake.
There will still be a drawback, however,
to the attractiveness of the lake, and that
will be when the Cheyenne X Burlington
tracks are laid on either side of it, as they
may be, but this can be obvlated, how
ever. If our city authorities attend to the
matter in time. In addition to the setting
out OF trees around the lake, a good sub
stantial fence has been built, which will
serve as a protection to the trees and
grounds. Ample provision has been made
SO that not only our own citizens, but
emigrants and even stock can have access
to the lake for the purpose of obtaining
water. Lake Minnehaha is destined in
time to become one of the chief attractions
of the city.
, 1887-05-14

At a Mexican table fruit is invariably
taken before dessert, the people saying,
certainly with much reason, that its
more delicate flavor is impaired by the
stronger sweets of the dessert. From
this astronomical point one glides by a
not unnatural transition to certain phases
oil physical interest, namely, the employ
ment of curative herbs and simples-
~tisanes, as the French say. OF course,
this is not to be very effectively applied
for expeditions results in acute extremi-
ties. 1t would scarcely prove adequate
TO the occasion in case of cholera or an
encounter with a buzz saw, but for mild
forms of illness it is certainly right COM
mendable.
For instance, when l nave been sight
seeing unduly, to the extent of wearing
out three able bodied men and a pair of
shoes, and find the mex day that a head
ache or a bacllache or an all over ache
ensues, l no longer invest my surplus
patrimony In arsenic tonics or brandy.
No! L lie still and shout "Dionysia-a-al'
or any other name that happens to be
uppermost in the calendar. They do not
come to inquire my wants-those hapless
kitchen women-they are sadly wise by
experience. They hang themselves I've
the balustrade of the kitchen up stairs
the consistency of the country reverses the
planes of domestic use-and wall, Isl,
ninal' and presently one of them
down, bearing a plate on which repose
three small angular humps of sugar, a
thin, highly polished brass teaspoon and
a cupful of piping hot tea of chamomile,
orange leaves, Castilian rose or some such
poetic matter.
And it is not all poetry, either; it
scoops the pain every time. 1 have
not yet come to the point of curing a
headache with a leaf of nocotinium or a
bit of cigarette paper stuck on the tenn
pies, but l daresay l shall come to that in
time. Already. however, 1 do fearlessly
and unreservedly pin my faith to achoco-
late paper for the cure of a cold on the
chest. When 1 reached Mexico, 1 had a
cold which threatened pneumonia, and
Josefta, my landlady, recommended in
glowing terms the efficacy of a chocolate
wrapper. Thereupon 1 sneered with that
intensity of sheer possible only to the
possessor of a long and aquiline nose, and
Josefta took on a look of injury and
aff1iction.-City of Mexico Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
, 1887-05-14
The County Assessment.

County assessor 7. Joe Fisher, H. l..
Fisher and other assistants are looking
after assessable property here in Chey'
enne 1t is not known just how long it
will take to do the remaining work in
Cheyenne, but after it is completed
there is yet considerable work to be done
in the country and Mr.. Fisher and his as
sistants will then urn their faces once
more northward and undertake the closing
and final campaign which will result in
concluding the work. The country be,
tween Cheyenne and the Chug will be at
tended TO first. after which the Lower
Horse creek country will be taken in.
When these two localities are worked
there will yet remain only the country
round and about the Sabille to be officially
worked by the assessor. One fact worthy
of mention might be stated in connection
with the work of the assessor, and that is
that there are not only a much larger
number of taxpayers on the roll this year
thar there were in 1886, but there are
also about 900 more who will appear on
the list as having been assessed for the
payment of a poll tax.
, 1887-05-14

A civil action was brought by Mrs.
Mary Copeland a few days ago against J.
NJ. Culver, who with his partner, NJ. A.
Arnold, had some trouble about the rent
of a house which resulted in quite a little
scene of 'onpleasantness,' Judging from
the accounts given by both sides. The
suit was brought before Judge Lee for
the purpose of recovering damages for al
legged injuries received. Yesterday how:
ever, the parties settled their differences
and came to an agreement, which it is
lair to presume was satisfactory to both
sides and the suit was dismissed.